Question

首字母填空（根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。（10）

Barack Obama, a black man, is the p___1.____ of the United States now. He was born o__2.__August 4^th,1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷）and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪萨斯州）and his father was from Kenya(肯尼亚）。 Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His w__3.___ is Michelle Obama. She also w___4.___ as a lawyer(律师）and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young d___5.__. One is called Malia Ann, she is 12 years old. The o___6.__ one is Natasha, she is 9 years old.

Obama w__7.____ a book Dreams from my father. “I always live in the dream of my father and American people,” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was t__8.___ good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good e____9.___ in Harvard University. On November 4^th,2012, he became the new president of A__10.____ for the next four years.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.president

2.on

3.wife

4.worked

5.daughters

6.other

7.wrote

8.taken

9.education

10.America

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国总统奥巴马的生平。

1.结合语境可知此处指的是，奥巴马现在是美国的总统。结合语境及首字母可知填单数president，总统。

2.联系下文可知此处指的是他出生在1961年8月4日。英文中表示在具体的某一天用介词on，结合首字母可知填介词on，在具体某一天。

3.联系下文，可知此处指的是他的妻子是米歇尔奥巴马。结合语境及首字母可知天地单数名词wife，妻子。

4.联系下文，可知此处指的是她同样作为一名律师工作。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态，结合语境及首字母可知填过去式动词worked，工作。

5.联系下文描述，可知他们有两个女儿，结合语境及首字母可知填复数名词daughters女儿。

6.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是另一个，结合语境及首字母可知填不定代词other，另一个。

7.联系下文，可知此处指的是他写了一本书。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态，结合语境及首字母可知填过去式动词wrote，写作。

8.结合语境可知此处指的是当他小的时候，他外祖母很好的照顾了他。根据前面be动词was及首字母可知填过去分词taken采取，拿。

9.结合语境可知此处指的是他在哈瓦那大学接受了教育。结合语境及首字母可知填名词education，教育。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。

10.联系前文，可知此处指的是他成为了美国总统。结合语境及首字母可知填America，美国。

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力

点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。注意在叙事性短文中，谓语动词多为一般过去时态及现在完成时态，说明性短文中谓语动词多为一般现在时态。